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Possible El Niño developing this summer

Any large-scale change in the state of the Pacific is bound to have an impact elsewhere

By Daniel Bezte February 27, 2014

I received an email the other day asking about El Niño and what effect it might have on our part of the world, should one develop. For quite a while now the Pacific has been in a neutral El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phase, but there is some mention of an El Niño event possibly

News, Weather

U.S. forecasters wary of drought after missing 2012 surprise

By Christine Stebbins April 9, 2013

Reuters / The U.S. drought of 2012, the worst since the dust bowl years of the 1930s, sent world food prices to record highs. The long, dry summer cost the government a record $16 billion in crop insurance payments. The Mississippi River shrank in the heat, and barge traffic slowed to a trickle. And U.S.

News, Weather

U.S. weather forecaster drops El Niño watch

By Reuters November 21, 2012

Reuters / The U.S. national weather forecaster has called off its El Niño watch five months after raising the alert as it is now less likely that the much-feared phenomenon that can wreak havoc on global weather will emerge. Since June, the weather forecaster had predicted that El Niño conditions, essentially a warming of waters

Weather

The secrets behind making a long-range forecast for winter

By Daniel Bezte October 26, 2012

With winter just around the corner the various weather-forecasting companies and organizations are starting to come out with their winter forecasts. I will do a complete examination of all the different forecasts in next week’s article, as not all the forecasts are available yet. For this week I thought I would take some time to

Cereals, News, Weather

El Niño less likely, but Aussie crops still affected

By Colin Packham October 17, 2012

The chance of an El Niño weather pattern has declined in the last two weeks, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Oct. 9, but the east coast of Australia is likely to stay dry for the rest of the year as a result of a warmer-than-average Indian Ocean, threatening greater crop loss. Pacific Ocean

News, Weather

WMO sees increased chance of El Niño in 2012

By Tom Miles July 30, 2012

There is a slight chance of El Niño weather conditions developing between July and September but the strength of any such event, usually associated with significant changes in precipitation, is unknown, the World Meteorological Organization said June 26. El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. In

News

Seaway opens, expects strong year

April 7, 2012

The St. Lawrence Seaway is open and officials predict cargo shipments will rise by about three per cent to 38.6 million tonnes this year. Coal from Montana is expected to be a bright spot, but increased grain movement is expected following a $30-million investment by Parrish and Heimbecker in its grain-handling facility at Hamilton, the

International news, News

Climate change blamed as hotter Australia faces more intense rains, droughts

By David Fogarty March 23, 2012

(Reuters) Australia faces a quickening pace of climate change, according to a snapshot of the nation’s weather. A new government report says rainfall trends are changing and temperatures warming across the country. The report, compiled by the Bureau of Meteorology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, comes after 18 months of record rains

News, Weather

2011: Record warmth in the Arctic

By Daniel Bezte March 14, 2012

As we slowly make our way into 2012 I thought we should take a little bit of time to look back at how 2011 turned out globally. I’ve already mentioned that in the last half of 2011 our region of the world saw record-warm temperatures along with very dry conditions. Globally, 2011 came in tied

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Briefs March 8, 2012

March 14, 2012

La Niña lingers on sydney / reuters / La Niña, a weather phenomenon linked to heavy rains in the Asia-Pacific region and South America and drought in Africa, continues to decline, but still hasn’t lost its punch, says Australia’s weather bureau. “While La Niña is clearly on the wane, waters around Australia remain warmer than

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Tag Archives La Niña

Possible El Niño developing this summer

U.S. forecasters wary of drought after missing 2012 surprise

U.S. weather forecaster drops El Niño watch

The secrets behind making a long-range forecast for winter

El Niño less likely, but Aussie crops still affected

WMO sees increased chance of El Niño in 2012

Seaway opens, expects strong year

Climate change blamed as hotter Australia faces more intense rains, droughts

2011: Record warmth in the Arctic

Briefs March 8, 2012

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